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• Nicole M. DelMastro-Jeffery

  Feb 10, 2023 6:45 am100 views

  Nicole M. DelMastro-Jeffery is a doctoral student in Education Policy, Organization and Leadership. Nicole’s research focuses on the intersection of community determinants of health and educational trajectories of marginalized collegians. Her quantitative approach to mapping proximity of educational institutions to quality basic needs, such as access to clean drinking water, is a genuine passion of hers. Over the past decade she has served in a variety of leadership roles across 2-year and 4-year colleges. Nicole is excited about the future upstream sustainable transdisciplinary approach to ensuring students’ physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing on their way to graduation.

• Haeryun Kim, PhD (She/Her)

  Jan 6, 2023 3:15 pm193 views

  Haeryun Kim is a doctoral student in Education Policy, Organization & Leadership with a concentration in Educational Administration & Leadership. Her research interests are school organizational structures required for equity-focused reform, with an emphasis on principal leadership, teacher labor markets, school finance, and district governance. Haeryun uses quantitative methods to study how to design school personnel policies, distribute school finance, and structure education governance with the goal of respecting learner diversity and ensuring the inclusion of all students. 

  • Advisor: Dr. Paul Bruno
  • Expected Year of Graduation: 2027
  • Educational Background
    
    • Ph.D. student, Education Policy, Organization & Leadership, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Concentration: Educational Administration & Leadership
    • M.A., Educational Policy & Educational Administration, Chung-Ang University
    • B.A., Education, Chung-Ang UniversityDouble Major in English EducationMinor in Political Science and International RelationsExchange Student at University of Turku, located in Finland
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haeryunkim

• Jewel Bourne

  Jan 12, 2022 9:30 pm43 views

  Jewel Bourne is a doctoral student in the Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership with a concentration in higher education. As a former community college transfer student and Sally Casanova Scholar, her research interests revolve around the promotion of access, persistence, and empowerment of  systemically excluded student populations in higher education, with a focus on the experience of Black female-identifying students who transition from community college to four-year institutions.  

  Jewel’s professional experience include serving as an academic advisor and program coordinator and supporting historically underepresented student populations achieve their transfer ambitions through the transfer sending and receptive culture frameworks.

  Advisor: Dr. Eboni Zamani Gallaher 

  Expected Graduation: 2024 

  Educational Background

  M.A., Higher Education Leadership, California State University, Northridge

  B.A., English and Gender Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

  A.A., Liberal Arts:  Arts and Humanities; Social and Behavioral Sciences, Santa Monica College

  LinkedIn: Jewel Bourne